How to Draw People: Using Early Copy Books - Softcover

Richardson, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982167881 ISBN 13: 9780982167885

Publisher: Tom Richardson, 2010

Synopsis

With 80 Plates Originally Published between 1828 and 1855 In the nineteenth century students who did not have access to plaster casts and teachers who wished for a course of instruction turned to copy books for drawing lessons. They were popular and many authors produced versions either for use in schools or for learning at home. This book combines examples from seven different books. The selections focus on those sections of the books devoted to drawing the human figure. The books include: Buchanan's Initiatory Drawing Lessons The Illustrated Drawing Book The Young Artists Assistant in the Art of Drawing A Guide to Figure Drawing Oxford Drawing Book Drawing Lessons for Family and School Systematische Zeichen Schüle

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About the Author

Tom Richardson is Vice President and Chief Scientist at Flarion Technologies, Inc., New Jersey. He was awarded his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1990 from M.I.T., after which he worked for 10 years at the Bell Labs' Mathematical Sciences Research Center. He is the inventor of over 20 patents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tom Richardson
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982167881
• ISBN 13: 9780982167885
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92